OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW A Chapter of Interesting Incidents and Events PECULIAR [INDIAN CUSTOMS Highl Famous Used a ings of ng vio.en their feet ghtness more advantage than whole music which was kettle, or the lower end of a hollow tree, yvered with a thin deerskin, and beaten its sound, however, with one stick was not very agreeable mark the time, wh and served only to h the Indians \Arge numbers, When they had fin they ¢ when dancing even in kept with due exactness ished i round OR some rest but during this time t ir me immer on tinued to sing t another dance com. These d that spirit, lasted t Another tended by men menced ces, in keeping with midnight kind of dance was only at Fach 1 and danced with great agility ana bold rose in his ture Bess, extolling their own, or their fore. fathers’ great deeds in a song, to which rough great f each all beat time, by a monotonous, note, which was given out with vehemence at the Commencement o bar Some dances, held upon different o casions, differed much from the above. Of these, the dance of peace, called also the CarLumer, or pipe chief was the dance ; because the Calumet, or pipe of peace, was handed about during the dance. This was the most pleasing to strangers, who attended as spectators : its appearance was peacable, and not 80 dreadful as the former. The dancers joined hands, and leapt in a ring for soe time. On a sudden, the leader let the band of one of his partoers go, and kept hold of the other, He then sprang forward, and turned round several times, by which he drew the company round, 50 that he was enclosed by them, when they stood close together, They then disengaged themselves as suddenly, yet they kept hold of each others bands dur. ing all the different revolutions and | clothes, dressed with silver changes in the dance ; which, as they ex. plained it, represented the chain of | CHAS. R. KURTZ, Proprietor, slawares and to the tes who underst the war sted who of wampum whi ject of the embassy was described ertain figures, and a hatchet with a Alter of his « the chief had been d handle informed umission, it was laid before a coun The hatchet having been ald on the ground. he de ivered ® a mg speech, while holding the war belt n his hand Always wing the address with the request to take 1p the hatchet and then delivering the war.belt. If this was complied with, no more was said and this act was considered as solemn but if neither the hatchet was taken up, not promise to lend every assistance the ambassador drew that remain neutra the belt accepted the just conclusion, the nation pre ferred to and without any further ceremony, returned home The account of the death of Chiefs who signed the grant scope of lerritory to Thomas and thus of the IATRe Richard by «( me for a Pean is aAunounced mrad Welser Bethlehem, in Bucks Co., , 17% By these few lines | let you know that | am safely returned on my journey from Onondago to this place last night, and hope to find my family in perfect health to-morrow. | wish I could inform you by these lines of a great deal of agreeable news, but I cannot | our friend Canasaloga was buried the day before | came to Onondago and Solow vanag My our other good friend died sometime before He that is at the head of affairs now Is A professed Roman Cabolic, and alto gether devoted to the French The French priests have made a hundred converts of the Onondagos, that Is to say, men, women and children, and they are all well clothed, and walk ln the finest and gold ; and [ believe that the English interests — Sept t Sir Continued on page 4 column 3. BELLEFONTE, PA. POLITICAL Submitted for the Benefit of Local Duavites Ne As fe) ment oO ae state Jea ae fre isinfamy the here and For benefit of of many friends cisewhere we = suggest that the fol wing proclamatic 3 : Or one a these lines w issaed my uid be timely and apg } . 20:4 no copyright and they are at to use the original text. to wit PROCLAMATION Hey there, you Quayites on, line up and toe the mark aware that the Republican ( mvention of Centre county will soon be ut the tapis when all fhe Quayites must be on the alent Behold, how our venerable chief, the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay in the past year has put the Insurgent forces to flight, again intrenched himse f for four years more as our eader, manipulates the egisiature of this state, and, by the grace of the presi dent, doles out all the federal patronage 100, to the faithful in his fold. In order to show our appreciation for our match less and invincible leader we must be adoing, he cares not for tributes of praise but wants results The heyday of our revelry at Harris. burg will soon be over, We have scooped railroad franchises in the state worth many millions, we have swiped the good offices in the cities of Pittsburg and Scranton and the people ln those sections will have to recognize whomsoever we may send We will In the next few years have 4,000,000 to throw about the new capitol building at Harrisburg, For these and the countless other good things we are chiefly indebted to the Roodness of our patron saint, who long a 0 quit shaking plum trees for riper and more luscious fruit. In union there is strength united we stand, divided we dissolve into | Inoccuous desuetude, | tue of my position in the fold, upon me | has devolved the duty to sound the tocsin | from the lower and summon in all the | falthtul for the eau uf fray. Keep your eye on t A move Are you Ket iHlustrious THURSDAY. JUNE. 12 | are missing Therefore by vir. : 1001] ) 40 that we v en out ng Kepub in } A. 8S. Fur Sig Km and 0 Flemington, and Hogan } ty aught go speckled beauties the headwaters of Beech Creek dur A week s outing ‘his is pretty hard Democrat ~N | Two other of fits anglers, beat Clinton wasn't “hard to beat Centre county editors, and mans have done for better - The Big Oak Grove Shops many a time Reports from Oak Gsrove, near Jersey Shore, are to the effect that active oper ations will be commen: ed there Within large force of Italians wi iDAvYery short time the next few days a {Arrive 10 begin the work of Krading. Some of the heavy iron for the immense turn table that is to be constructed, has arrived but yet been unloaded from the - Young Cattle Found Dead Several young cattle that have been turned out for the summer on the mount. ain between Mackeyville and Sugar val. ley have been afflicted by eating, it is supposed, laure! Three belonging to Oliver Smith have been found dead, one owned by the Ira McKibben estate Is dead, and several belonging to others | has not Cars A Large Black Snake One day recently two of Frederick Glossner's boys killed a blacksnake six feet in length at Beech Creek. The rep. tile was found at the yard fence of the | coming Republi. | residence of David Mapes, | ol | RR A VARIETY OF COUNTY NEWS SHORT AN ch has within ream of water rout irean George Lon A veteran trap: hunter, residing near Penfield caught the largest bear trapped country for many a das hen weighed 100 pounds. and ] 4 } mn he iy were several els wh been there for years Brain's age . yond caicuiation Huntingdon loca T be NOW at ase of 1. Har msiderable tration in the breach of § Cora A yey romise Keim against Professor Brumbaugh attracted Ihe verdict of attention last Thursday the arbitrators, Messrs. Leffard. Baldw 0 and Black, was for the defendant. as Miss Keim did not produce any evidence to support her side of the case. The at torneys for the plaintiff paid the cost of the hearing, and, it is said, will take au appeal to court Resolutions against Sunday funerals were unanimously adopted recently at a meeting of the Johnstown Ministerial Association, The resolutions say that, as present-day funerals ate too elaborated | and ostentatious, the Ministerial associa. | tion discourages the holding of funerals on Sunday which can reasonably be held | At any other time, and deem it incompa. tible with duty as ministers to officiate at Sunday funerals at the hou: of any regu. lar church service. of Lock Haven is Yana Kumeored Purchase of Coal Fie itis rumored that the Pennsy has by company purchased the : Berwin for § contro oa the ( belds operated White Coa Mini i he | mpany x * the these coal fields by the Pennsy Raliroad company is to protect its coa the her interests and to prevent CAITYing shipments from : being diverted to ines - Preaching Against Dancing A mild sensation has been caused Scranton Catholic social circles by a de liverance against dancing by Bishop Ho ban, of the Scranton diocese in ad | dressing the Historical society and the Newman Magazive club, Bishop Hoban earnestly advised them to taboo socia features which include dane ing . - — " Big Timber Deal Eastern capitalists, among whom fs ex-Attorney General H. C. McCormick, of Williamsport, have purchased $25,000 acres of timber land in the state of Cam. peche, on the eastern Yucatan peninsala, | Mills will be erected and the timber manufactured in marketable lumber,
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